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TLDR: Mining big data collected on users won't boost the ability of companies to sell products to the degree big data proponents claim. This article is garbage
by mcphilip 14y ago
TLDR: Mining big data collected on users won't boost the ability of companies to sell products to the degree big data proponents claim.
This article is garbage since it totally discounts all the other uses of big data. I, for one, work in the risk analytics sector where 'big data' is mined to try and identify which assets have the biggest impact in a risk profile.
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- amalag 14y agoRisk analytics has always been an area for data crunching. It is not new and will benefit from big data advances. I think the argument is how far do you get until you have financially limiting diminishing returns.